Okemah Semi-Weekly Herald (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 56, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 19, 1933 Page: 2 of 6
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OKEMAH SEMI-WEEKLY HERALD
Trpsdav December 19 1933
Cotton Control
Continued from Page One
in the 1033 Cotton Acreage Re-
— Campaign In the event
waz any charter member is not a
party to a 1934 and 1935 cotton
acreage reduction contract at the
time said articles of association
are approved by the secretary he
ease to be a member of said
association
Any producer operating land
within the county who has enter
ed into a contract with the secre-
tary to reduce acreage and to re-
ceive rental and parity payments
under the act shall become a
member of the association' Any
member shall cease to be a mem-
ber when he ceases to be a party
to a contract with the secretary
ct when his contract with the
secretary shall terminate The
decision of the county committee
as to cessation of membership
shall be final and conclusive
There shall be no membership
dues for any persons who be-
comes a member of the associa-
tion Temporary Committees And
Officers
The County Agent shall be the
representative of the secretary in
all matters affecting the associa-
tion All officers and committies pro-
vided for herein shall be tempo-
rary until these articles of as-
scoiation have been approved by
the secretary
The county committee and the
community committees herinafter
provided for shall be' selected from
producers elegible to participate
m the 1934 and 1935 coton acre-
age reduction plan Insofar as
possible said committeemen shall
be selected from the committee-
men who served in the 1933 cot-
ten acreage reduction campaign
The county agent shall call a
meeting of all charter members of
the association and such members
shall select a county committee of
th-ee members and shall name
one of such members to act as
chairman
Each community committee
shall have three members and
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Everything for Men at
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shall be appointed by the county
ccmmittee from among the chart-
er members in the community If
the county has less than 300
farmers reporting cotton as in-
dicated by the 1930 census there
shall be one community committee
and if the county has 300 such
farmers and less than 600 there
shall be two community commit-
tees and if the county has over
600 such farmers for every addi
ticnai 300 famers or fraction
thereof there shall be one addi'
tional community committee The
county committee shall name the
chairman of each community com
mittee
The county committee with the
advice of the county agent shall
divide the county into an appro-
priate number of communities
and assign a community commit-
tee to each community
In the event of a vacancy or
vacancies in the county commit-
tee or community committees for
any reason prior to the accept-
ance of these articles of associa'
tion by the secretary such va-
cancy or vacanies shall be filled
only with producers who have
signed the contract
All committeemen shall hold
office at the will of the secretary
or his authorized agent
All information including
names of producers signing con-
tracts acquired by any commit-
teeman by virtue of his position
shall be held in the strictest con'
fidemce by him and said informa-
tion shall not be used to the ad-
vantage of such committeeman
Upon preper showing to the
secretary of the incompetency of
any committeeman the secretary
shall withdraw his appointment
and the vacancy shall be filled as
is herein provided
Committeemen shall be paid at
the rate of $3 per day less 15
percent as required by law when
actively employed for such serv-
ices in procuring and reviewing
contracts as may be required and
certified to by the county agent
and shall furnish their own trans-
portation and subsistence All
committeemen shall receive certi-
SCARFS
Are Very
Acceptable
Buy
‘Him’
a Tie
ficates of appointment from the
secretary
Duties of Temporary Officers
and Committees
The county agent with the as-
sistance of the county and com-
munity committees shall organ-
ize the association
The county committee shall re-
view all contracts filed with them
and shall make recommendations
to the secretary concerning the
advisability of entering into such
contracts with producers The
committee shall determine and in-
sert in each contract filed with
the ccmmittee the following mat-
ters concerning the farm covered
by the contract:
(a) Adjusted average produc
tion of lint cotton
(b) Adjusted average acreage
planted to cotton
(c) Adjusted average yield of
lint cotton per acre
(d) Rented acres 1934
(e) Rental per acre
(f) Farm allotment
(g) Acres which may be plant-
ed tc cotton in 1934
This committee shall also per
form such further duties as may
be pescribed for it by adminis-
trative rulings which may be
made from time to time by the
chief of the cotton section
This committee may hold such
hearings and conduct such invest-
igations as may be necessary to
the performance of its duties
The county committee shall de-
cide appeals of members of the
association from decisions of the
community committees
The ccunty agent shall keep all
records of the associaticn of the
county committee and of the
community committees All such
records shall be kept in the form
and manner prescribed by the
chief of the cotton section and
they shall be open to examina-
tion by any authorized represent-
ative of the secretary The county
agent shall maintain files of cop-
ies of all contracts and such
other necessary records as may
be required These records may
be inspected by any member of
the associaticn or his authorized
agent
Each community committee
shall assist in obtaining prepar-
ing checking and approving con-
tacts assist the county agent in
calling meetings ascertain and
report when requested by the
county agent the total produc-
tion of cctton for the community
(including the production of those
in the community who do not ap-
ply for contracts for cotton acre-
age reduction) slid obtain any
other data which may be neces-
sary for the proper functioning
of the cotton acreage reduction
plan
It shall be the duty of any com-
mitteeman having knowledge of
violation of any contract by any
producer especially with refer-
ence to the utilization of rented
acreage to report the same to the
county committee The county
committee shall take cognizance
cf such reports investigate and
ascertain the facts concerning the
Same and report their findiings
in writing to the county agent
as representative of the secretary
Meetings
Meetings of members of the as-
sociation in any community may
be called by the chairman of the
community committee or the
counity agent and moetings for
the county-at-large may be called
by the chairman of the county
committee or the county agent
The first meeting of the county
committee shall be held on call
of the county agent Subsequent
meetings of the county committee
may be called by the chairman
or the county agent Notice of
such meetings shall be given to
all members of the committee and
two members shall constitute a
quorum
At the (first meeting of the
county ccmmittee the following
order of business shall be follow-
ed: (1) The chairman shall call the
meeting to order
(2) Communications from the
secretary shall be read
(3) The county shall be sub-
divided into communities
and a community commit-
tee shall be assigned to
each community
(4) Campaign plans shall be
piepared and approved
(5) Arrangements shall be
made for local publicity
(6) A schedule of meetings
shall be arranged and
speakers assigned for such
meetings
Permanent Organization
When these articles of associa
tion have been approved by the
secretary the temporary organi-
zation hereinabove provided for
shall become permanent and all
powers and duties herein confer-
red upon such temporary organ-
ization shall thereafter be
cised by the permanent organiza-
tion All of the provisions of
these articles shall apply to such
permanent- organization except
however should a vacancy occur
on the county committee such
vacancy shall be' filled by the
community committeemen at
meeting called for that purpose
and should a vacancy occur on
any community committee such
vacancy shall be filled by the
members of the association in
such community at a meeting
called for that purpose
The names for the county
committee and the community
committees have been submitted
to the secretary of agriculture
for his approval and will be pub-
lished when approved
Lodge of Sorrow
Continued from Page One
have departed this life during the
year of 1933
MEMORIAL SERVICE
By members of the Okemah lodge
Worshipful Master H K Maxwell
’ Senior Warden Osman Kezer
Junior Warden Perry Ferguson
Chaplain Rev Homer Haislip
Secretary Joe Miller
Stewards A K Barnett — Geo
Wawne
Opening of Lodge of Sorrow
Anthem — “Jerusalem the Golden”
Double Quartet Aiikens
90th Psalm
Chant! — “(Crossing tha Bar” —
Double Quartet Tennyscn
Low Twelve
Ceremony of Lighting the Tapers
Solo — (“The Hedy City” — Mrs
Lola Keys and Mr E R
Blevins — With Violin
Obbligato
Roll Call of the Deceased
Brethren
Presentation of Wreaths
Anthem — “Forever With the
L o d” — Double Quartet
Montgomery
Eulogies
Closing of Lodge of Sorrow
Chant — “The Lord Be With You"
’ Double Quartet
Taps — Alva J Williams - Kirk
Meaders
Address — “World Peace” — Hon
Jos C Looney
Refreshments
Quartet — Soprano — Mrs Lola
Keys-Mrs Alice Turner
Altos— Mrs A E Barrow-Mrs
Helen Cook
Tenors — Ed Clowers-S A Duling
Basses — II M Barnett-Grady
--- Turner
Pianist Mrs S A Duling
Violin Air E R Blevins
Cotton Buying
Continued from Page One
it was a little over 209 pounds
per acre The high yield this sea-
sen was the result of relatively
favorable weather and low weevil
damage
‘The 14 percent increase in the
expected 1933-34 supply of for-
eign cotton merely represents a
return to more normal production'
in some foreign countries This
indicated change ’s indicative of
the fact that changes and shifts
in foreign production can and will
take place under certain condi-
tions There is room for the ex-
pansion of cotton production in
many foreign countries and some
expansion is likely to take place
under the stimulus of higher
prices This is a fact which
should be seriously considered in
planning a long-time program Iot
cotton production in this country
“A continuation of the' in-
creased rate cf mill consumption
of cotton depends quite largely on
further improvements in the gen-
eral industrial situation and in-
creased income and purchasing
power on the past of the rural
and urban populations Much de-
pends on the outcome of the ad-
ministrations efforts to improve
agricultural and ” industrial con-
ditions Exports Increase
"Exports of cotton from this
country were nearly 12 percent
greater during the first three
months of the present season
than during a similar period a
year earlier Most of this increase
in experts was reflected n in-
creased shipments to Japan The
high tariff rate dn non-British
goods entering India and the re-
taliation on the part of Japanese
mill owners is largely responsible
for the increased shipment to
Japan This however will un-
doubtedly increased the competi-
tion of Indian cotton in other im-
porting countries especially in
Europe
"The average United States farm
price of cotton on November 15
1933 was 95 cents per pound as
compared with 59 cents one year
earlier and 124 cents for the per-
iod August 1909 to July 1914
The farm price of cotton has in-
creased by 61 percent during the
past year but the price on No-
vember 15 this year was only 656
ptrrcent of parity price or the
price necessary to give cotton a
purchasing power equal to that
during the five-year pre-war per
iod”
Christmas Trees at
Johnson’s
W B Grigsby Norman attor-
ney had business in district court
here Monday
Hal Tatum county court re-
porter was in Okmulgee Satur
day night
v Advance
Thirty years ngo on December 17 1903 the first successful flight of a heavier than air machine was made
by Orville Wright at Klttyhawk N C The advance made since then in this form of aviation Is illustrated
ly these photographs Above is the first plane of the Wright brothers which weighed 728 pounds and had a
Sliced of 30 miles an hour Below Is the new type “three miles a minute” Boeing monoplane nsed by the United
Air Lines It weighs six and one-half tons has 1100 horse power and can fly 700 miles without refuellog
DIVORCE FORCED
BY ILL HUSBAND
Insista Wife Shall Not Ruin
Life for Him
Denver— Because he is afflicted
with a rare disease for which there
is no cure and because he was de-
termined that the wreck of his own
life should not wreck the lives of
his wife and son Louis Urdank in-
sisted ids wife divorce him and
later marry again
For 12 years Urdank has awaited
death that hasn't come Twelvo
years ago doctors told him he had
Parkinson's disease a constant
twitching of the muscles of the
body They told him It meant
death
Year after year his young wife
visited him at the hospital She
brought the son now fourteen to
help cheer the long hours for the
sick man
Finally Urdank asked her to ob-
tain a divorce She refused He
asked again and for days explained
his theory— that his own condition
hopeless as it was should not be
permitted to ruin her life'
It was a strange argument but
finally Urdang won His wife still
hesitant finally filed suit for di-
vorce Attorneys who learned of
the sick man’s brave stand acted
In the case without charge
Another attorney obtained $3000
which Urdank had in life insurance
payable in event of total disability
and established a trust fund for the
child Friends had urged Urdank to
use the money in an effort to find
some new cure i
“Why waste the money?” the sick
man asked “I couldn’t fool myself
Into believing that I could find a
pure I don’t need the money It-
piay help my boy to an education”
"I’m happy” Urdank said "My
frlfe Is leading a normal life My
boy has a trust fund They visit me
Why shouldn’t I be happy?’
Many Different Species
of Catfish in the Nile
In the Nile system are almost 300
different species belonging to the
catfish group and more than 50
species closely allied to the carp
Some of the catfish run well up to
six feet with long dorsal fins ex-
tending two-thirds the length of the
body they present a very strange ap-
pearance In fact they are strange
as aDy animals found in the mys-
terious heart of the black continent
Some of the great African fishes
have very peculiar characteristics
One of the catfish tribe reaching
up to four feet in length hns been
known to bed down in the mud at
the bottom of pools when they dry
up in the dry seasons The big elec-
tric catfish Is one of the strangest
of all fishes of the Nile and though
a sluggish creature can deliver a
powerful shock
The tiger fish is one of the
most voracious fishes In the world
equipped with very muscular and
powerful Jaws and armed with for-
midable teeth on the outside of Us
mouth The "tiger fish” is able to
bite In two heavy leaders of Iron or
copper wire and will often break the
strongest three-inch steel hooks
The tiger fish Is as great a
bait robber as Is the barracuda In-
stead of taking the whole bait in his
mouth he merely seizes U In his
teeth and dashes off When the fish-
erman strikes to set the hook the
tiger fish merely bites the bait in
two and disappears with his trophy
Community Christ-
mas trees at Johnson’s
of Flying in Thirty Years
Arcturus
Arcturus la some sun It Is 230
times as bright as our little sun
which you complain so much about
when you have to work out In It
The astronomers’ name for Arcturus
Is "Alpha Bootes” “Alpha” (A In
the Greek alphabet) means that it
Is the brightest star In the constel-
lation of Bootes “Bootes” means
the Bear Hunter Bootes In the
ancient mythology was supposed
to be chasing the Oreat Bear around
the pole with his hunting dog— An-
swers Magazine
For that next suit
see Ike the Tailor Adv-
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